plentiful, fentanyl 50. to 100 times more powerful than morphine whether in pill or powder form if snorted, dangerous in tiny amounts. reporter: when did fentanyl first come into your life. in my first overdose. reporter: how many overdoses have there been? 14. reporter: when his grandfather died, grief caused him to relapse and he thought he was using heroin but it was fentanyl. how much did you use. a tenth of a gram. reporter: that s tiny. barely like a sprinkle of salt. i want to welcome everyone tonight. reporter: social interaction important for the addictioned and their families, too. jean carey butcher found p.o.w., parents of addicted loved ones and they heard it all as they
fare on us that people don t know how to control. is. reporter: the high school cheerleader addicted at 15. the 20-year-old baseball player dead. these fathers now inmates because of their addictions. even the sheriff s former wife, addictioned. this is the real picture of americas s opioid crisis, where drugs don t discrimination. it s infesting neighborhoods across the heartland and from coast to coast. how does a 15-year-old cheerleader from ohio start doing heroin. it started my freshman year. i was cheerleading, i ended up not going to school as much. i ended up getting kicked off the team. i tell my kids, you have three options in my court you graduate, you re going to prison or you re going to be dead. death, jail or recovery. the only options for the
ro . almost half of all-americans and more than three-quarters of hillary clinton voters say they feel afraid since donald trump s victory in the presidential election. that s according to a new gallup poll. here to discuss aman vansandt, host of ayama fix my life on the oprah winfrey, which i m addictioned to. thank you for coming on and giving us your words of wisdom. thank you for having me. we hear a lot of reports of anger and violence, more incidents now than after september 11th. that s according to southern poverty law center. what do you say to people that feel anxious or fearful? my first thing would be breathe, take deep breaths and fear not. there is nothing to fear. you know, don, when i break down on the side of the room my first